Washington: The United States today approved a $1-billion sale of big naval guns for India’s navy. The Trump administration’s State Department “made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale” to Indian Navy of up to 13 MK 45 5-inch/62-calibre (MOD 4) naval guns and related equipment worth […]
Singapore: India today agreed to allow Singapore to use its missile testing facility at Chandipur off Odisha coast, in what is seen as the first time ever a foreign country gets access to the highly secure installation. The two nations also signed a Letter of Intent to conclude […]
Bangkok: In what is seen as a strong message to China, India today favoured non-militarisation of the South China Sea and was against the use or threat of force in the region, which has witnessed recent verbal conflict among littoral nations over Beijing’s aggressive land reclamation efforts to […]
New Delhi: India has established a joint venture between two state-run enterprises to produce 60,000 tonnes-a-year of high end aluminium alloy used in the strategically important aerospace, aviation and defence sectors. India’s defence ministry-run Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) and mining ministry-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) have […]
Bangkok: India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh is here to attend the 6th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) and he used that occasion today to talk improved defence ties with Thailand, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, apart from his earlier meeting with the US defense secretary Dr Mark […]
Bangkok: India‘s vision for the Indo-Pacific region is increasingly converging with that of the United States to ensure a rules-based order and respect for territorial integrity of nations, Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh said today. In his bilateral meeting with USA Secretary of Defence Dr Mark T. Esper […]
New Delhi: India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh today arrived in Bangkok to join his counterparts from the South East Asian nations for a crucial meeting ahead of a military exhibition. Rajnath Singh will be in Thailand’s capital on Nov. 17 and 18, when he will attend the […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India had given a clear verdict on Dec. 14, 2018 on a petition seeking an inquiry into the procurement of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft. Today, the Supreme Court has categorically rejected the Review Petitions filed subsequently against the order, on merits, bringing […]
Snap Shot Court corrects previous judgment that had errors regading CAG report on Rafale Court says satisfied on Rafale pricing, which was marginally lower that earlier offer Court accepts ex-Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s apology for politicising judgment New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India today rejected and dismissed […]
Moscow: India’s Rajnath Singh and Russia’s General Sergei Shoigu met here today when the protocol was signed, an Indian government statement said. However, the details of the protocol were not made public. Here are the top eight takeaways from the bilateral meeting of the 19th India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission […]
Tashkent (Uzbekistan): India has extended a concessional line of credit to Uzbekistan for procuring goods and services in the defence sector. This was the key takeaway from the meeting between India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh and his Uzbek counterpart Major General Bakhodir Nizamovich Kurbanov here today. Rajnath […]
By N. C. Bipindra New Delhi: India is taking its fight against insurgents and terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir to the next level by deploying robots to do the work, in a bid to save human lives and to achieve accuracy in eliminating threats. The Indian Army today […]
New Delhi: India’s Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh will leave for Tashkent, Uzbekistan tomorrow to attend a key meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and participate in bilateral engagements with the Uzbekistan government. Rajnath Singh will represent India in the meeting of Council of Heads of Government […]
New Delhi: The Indian Ministry of Defence today announced the extension of a ban on defence trade with Italian major Leonardo, which faced debarment from business dealings for the first time in 2014. In a notification put up on its website, the defence ministry said it “has again […]
Bengaluru: An Indian court today ordered the ongoing lock-down protest called by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited workers to be called off, the company said in a statement today. “The High Court of Karnataka has passed an interim order today restraining the Hindustan Aeronautics Employees Association (HAEA), its office bearers/workmen […]